title: Revolution or evolution in hospital management?
abstract: Hong Kong began to reform its public hospital administration in 1991. The development and implementation of policy, and the negotiation of a new management structure, are discussed below. Health professionals have been contracted as managers, and front-line carers have largely accepted the changes that have occurred. The evolutionary approach to reform which has been adopted may be preferable to the more drastic measures introduced in some other jurisdictions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, University of Otago Medical School, Dunedin, New Zealand. rgauld@gandalf.otago.ac.nz
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Gauld
mesh_terms: D003363:Cost Control; D005161:Facility Regulation and Control; D018166:Health Care Reform; D006723:Hong Kong; D006754:Hospital Restructuring; D006779:Hospitals, Public / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D011332:Privatization